Bean, Jesse, 303
Benson, Egbert, 120
Bentley, Richard, 324, 327
Bethune, Joanna, 52
bias, in storytelling, 6
Biddle, Nicholas, 46
Biography and Poetical Remains of the Late Margaret Miller Davidson (Irving), 337–338
Black Hawk (chief), 302
Black Hawk War, 302
Blackwood, William, 155–156
Blennerhassett, Harman, 66–67, 68
Bohn, Henry, 388–389
Bolivian mine investment, 227, 230, 234, 261
Bologna, Italy, 43
Bonneville, Benjamin Louis Eulalie du, 322, 323, 324, 327
Bracebridge Hall (Irving), 197, 198, 202–205
Bradford & Innskeep, 124
Brent, Robert, 108
Brevoort, Carson, 345, 349, 365
Brevoort, Henry Jr.
business dealings of, 25, 79–80, 85, 113–114, 132–133, 243–244, 320
on Columbus, 249
correspondence with, 91, 92, 112–113, 276–277, 294, 295, 349, 365
death of, 384–385
in Europe, 273
as Irving's literary agent, 113, 118, 176, 177–180, 183, 196–197, 247, 248, 256
on Jeffrey, 155
marriage of, 164–165
as one of the Lads, 53, 55
relationship between Irving and, 110–111, 120–121, 138–139, 142–143, 171, 195–196, 244–245
reunion between Irving and, 274
on William Irving, 199
Britain. See also London
Irving in, 128–132
strained relations between U.S. and, 104–105, 375–376
trade negotiations between U.S. and, 265, 266, 269–270, 272, 274, 275
British West Indies, 265, 269–270, 272–273
Broadway, 52–53
Brockedon, William, 151
Brown, Charles Brockden, 12, 21
Brussels, 48
Bryant, William Cullen, 258–259, 286–287, 326
Buckram, Dick (pseudonym), 25
buffalo hunting, 305–306
bullfights, 237
Burns, Robert, 111–112
Burr, Aaron, 5, 13, 18, 19, 21, 25–26, 27, 34, 66–70, 72–73
business climate, 13–14
business investments
Bolivian mines, 227, 230, 234, 261
land speculation, 320, 323, 324–325, 329–330, 345
losses in, 312, 323, 336
steamboat venture, 191–193, 196, 198
successful, 381
Byron, Lord, 99, 117, 131, 132, 137, 150, 151–152, 164, 184, 193, 219, 285
Cabell, Joseph, 38–39, 41, 42–45, 46, 339
Caine, George, 81
Calhoun, John C., 105, 269, 307, 309, 367, 370
Calliopean Society, 14
Campbell, Archibald, 103
Campbell, Thomas, 103, 117, 131, 144, 149, 154, 159
Canada
British West Indies and, 270
illegal trade with, 79–80
Canning, George, 151, 275
career
indecision about, 132–133
in law, 12–14, 16–17, 56–57, 84, 85–86
writing as, 12, 124–125, 148, 172–173, 175–176, 249–250
Carey & Lea. See Carey, Lea & Carey
Carey, Lea & Blanchard. See Carey,Lea & Carey
Carey, Lea & Carey, 253, 255, 256, 258, 275, 287, 312, 318, 319, 321, 324, 327–328, 338–339, 345–346, 353
Carson, Laura Elizabeth, 164
Carvills, the, 255–256
Cass, Lewis, 348
Catskills, 298–299
character traits, 24–25
Charles II (Payne), 217, 218, 219–220
Cheetham, James, 18, 22, 26–27
Cheves, Langdon, 105
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage (Byron), 150, 164
childhood, 1–12
cholera epidemic, 299
Christmas story, 185–186
Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada (Irving), 239, 253, 254, 256, 258–260, 261, 272, 357, 390
Church, Edward, 191
Cipher Letter, 67
Citizen of the World (Goldsmith), 9
Civil War, 307
Clark, Lewis Gaylord, 333, 334, 358
Clark, William, 301–302
Clay, Henry, 67, 116, 163, 165, 296, 309, 342
Clinton, George, 110
Cogswell, Joseph, 345
Colburn, Henry, 203, 289
Colden, Mary, 16
Coleman, William, 18, 22, 27
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 99, 137, 152
Columbus, Christopher, 233, 235, 236–237
Columbus biography. See Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus
commerce, 13–14
Companions of Columbus (Irving), 274, 275–276
Constable, Archibald, 156, 184–185, 228, 236
Constitution. See U.S. Constitution
Continental Congress, 4
Cooper, James Fenimore, 202–203, 219, 301, 315, 316–317, 384, 390–391
Cooper, Thomas, 52, 56, 82, 114, 297–298
copyright issues, 61, 76, 147–148, 182, 335–336, 388–389
Corrector (newspaper), 26
Crawford, William, 110
Crayon, Geoffrey (pseudonym), 178, 190–191, 194–195, 222, 248, 296–297, 317, 333–334
Crayon Miscellany, The (Irving), 317, 319, 320–321
critics’ reviews
of Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey, 319
of Adventures of Captain Bonneville, 328
of Alhambra, 297
of Astoria, 324
of Columbus, 248–250
of Companions, 275–276
of Crayon Miscellany, 321
of History of New York, 98–99
Irving's response to, 326–327
of Life of George Washington, 403
of Mahomet, 388
negative, 222–224, 291, 325–326, 328, 334, 357–358
of Oliver Goldsmith, 387
of Tour on the Prairies, 318–319, 325–327
of Traveller, 222–224
of Wolfert's Roost, 397
Dana, Richard Henry, 183
Daveiss, Joseph, 67
Davidson, Margaret Miller, 337–338
Decatur, Stephen, 119, 121, 125–126, 132
“Defense of Fort McHenry” (Key), 122–123
Delaplaine, Joseph, 119
Democrat-Republicans, 18–19
Dennie, Joseph, 61
Der Freischütz (Weber), 207, 208–209
Dickens, Charles, 99, 186, 339–340, 340–342, 377
Disraeli, Benjamin, 236, 240
D'Israeli, Isaac, 150, 151, 189
Don Juan (Byron), 184
“Don Juan” (Irving), 338
D'Oubril, Pierre, 236
Dresden, 206–215
drinking, 53
Dunlap, William, 21–22
Duval, A. V. P., 216
Eddy, Thomas, 52
Edinburgh, Scotland, 155
Edinburgh Review (periodical), 150, 155, 204–205
education, 1, 5–8, 10–14
Elements of Mechanics, The (Renwick), 285, 286
Ellsworth, Henry, 300, 301, 303–305
England. See Britain
erythema multiforme, 201–202
Espartero (regent of Spain), 350–351, 356, 360, 361–363
esta obra, 78–79, 81, 84, 86, 89.
See also History of New York, A
European travels, 28–50.
See also specific countries
Everett, Alexander Hill, 233–234, 236, 237, 238, 249, 253, 257, 262
Everett, Edward, 346
Fairlie, Mary, 62–66, 72, 79, 81–82, 114, 298
family business
bankruptcy of, 166–167
hardships facing, 79–80, 105, 139–140, 142
Irving's role in, 102–103, 115, 135–138, 163
Peter's role i
n, 84, 133–135
success of, 101
Federalists, 4, 18–19, 64
federal tariffs, 307, 309–310
Felston, Cornelius, 341
Fenno, John, 17
Fenno, Maria. See Hoffman, Maria
Ferriere, Jean, 29
Fessenden, Thomas, 61
First Bank of the United States, 105, 107, 110
Fiske, Jonathan, 11, 12
Force Bill, 308–309, 310
Forsyth, John, 313
Foster, Amelia Morgan, 207–208, 215
Foster, Emily, 208–214, 215, 399–400
Foster, Flora, 208, 209–210, 212, 213–214
Foster family, 207–215, 220
France, 29–34, 45–47, 104–105.
See also Paris, France
Franklin, Benjamin, 12, 20
Frederic I (king), 206–207
Genoa, 34–35
George IV (king), 274
Germany, 206–207
ghost stories, 12, 15–16
Gifford, William, 220–221
Godwin, William, 183, 267
Goldsmith, Oliver, 9, 337
Gotham, 74–75
Graham, Isabella, 52
Granada, 250–252, 260–262.
See also Chronicle of the
Conquest of Granada
Hall, John Nalder, 101, 252, 254
Hamilton, Alexander, 4, 5, 13, 17, 18, 34, 105
Hamilton, Alexander Jr., 345, 349, 358, 361, 368
Hamilton, James, 307
Hamilton, Walter, 151
Harvey, George, 320, 321, 322, 380–381
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 391–392
Hell Gate, 321–322
Henderson, Josiah A., 11
herpes simplex virus, 201–202
Highland Grange, 103–104
Highlands, 15
History of New York, A (Irving), 113, 140, 144
new editions of, 114, 137, 168, 171, 195, 218, 386
publicity for, 92–95
reception of, 95–101
Scott on, 118–119
writing of, 89–92
Hoffman, Ann, 62, 75, 81–82, 83
Hoffman, Charles Fenno, 292–293
Hoffman, Josiah Ogden, 16–17, 19, 23–24, 56–57, 62, 64, 85–86, 294, 325
Hoffman, Maria, 16–17, 27, 90, 91, 208
Hoffman, Matilda, 75, 83–89, 139, 209
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 402
homosexual behavior, 55, 88, 171
Hone, Philip, 291, 292, 293, 321
honorary degrees, 271–272, 310
Hudson River, 15–16
Hudson River Railroad, 385
Indian orations, 113
Indian Removal Act (1830), 300
Indian tribes, 112–13, 300, 302, 303, 305
Irving, Ann (sister), 80–81
Irving, Catharine (sister), 7, 17–18, 352, 359
Irving, Ebenezer (brother), 13, 14, 171–172, 291
family business and, 102–103, 134, 136, 138–140
finances of, 165–166, 253
as financial consultant, 268
as Irving's literary agent, 248
as one of the Lads, 53–54
political appointment for, 336–337
Sketch Book and, 176–177
at Sunnyside, 340, 343
Irving, John Treat (brother), 6, 13, 14, 57, 262, 268, 294, 331
Irving, Oscar (nephew), 299
Irving, Peter (brother), 14, 19, 25–26, 57, 347–348
business investments of, 174–175, 191–193, 196, 198, 225, 227
death of, 331–332
esta obra and, 78–79
family business and, 102–103, 128, 131, 133–136, 139–140, 142, 166–167
finances of, 165–166
financial support of, 268
health problems of, 134–135, 136, 137, 250, 329
as one of the Lads, 53
at Sunnyside, 323, 325
travels with, 140–141, 191–192
Irving, Pierre Munro (nephew), 2, 53, 55, 76, 209, 238–239, 241, 245, 314–315, 345, 353, 366, 381–383, 394–395, 402–403
Irving, Pierre Paris (nephew), 223, 225
Irving, Sarah (mother), 1–2, 3, 126, 128, 144–145, 201
Irving, Sarah (niece), 405–406
Irving, Washington
Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey, 319
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, 327–328
The Alhambra, 284, 285, 287, 289, 296–297, 390
appearance of, 30, 47, 267
appointment of, as secretary of legation to the Court of St.James's, 262–266, 268–270, 272–273, 275
Astoria, 314–315, 320, 321, 323–324
bachelorhood of, 87–88
Biography and Poetical Remains of the Late Margaret Miller Davidson, 337–338
Bracebridge Hall, 197, 198, 202–205
on brotherhood, 227
business investments of, 191–193, 196, 198, 227, 230, 234, 261, 312, 320, 323–325, 329–330, 336, 345, 381
celebrity status of, 98–99, 101, 205, 291–295, 300–301, 302, 334, 393
character of, 24–25
as chargé d'affairs in London, 276–277
childhood, 1–12
Chronicle of the Conquest of
Granada, 239, 253, 254, 256, 258–260, 261, 272, 357, 390
Companions of Columbus, 274–276
as conversationalist, 56
The Crayon Miscellany, 317, 319, 320–321
death of, 405–407
education, 1, 5–8, 10–14
European travels of, 28–50
finances of, 102–103, 114, 132–133, 192–193, 196, 224–225, 230–231, 234, 238–239, 242–243, 256, 268, 312, 319–320, 322–323, 353, 383
health problems, 201–202, 205, 332, 360–361, 364, 365, 366, 370, 375, 381–382, 389, 401, 401–405
A History of New York, 89–101, 113, 114, 118–119, 137, 140, 144, 168, 171, 195, 386
homesickness of, 257, 261, 368–369
honors bestowed on, 256–257, 271–272, 310
influence of, as writer, 267
law career of, 12–14, 16–17, 56–57, 84–86
legacy of, 407–409
“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,”187–188, 190
Legends of the Conquest of Spain, 320–321
Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus, 236–242, 244–250, 255, 256, 275, 357–358
Life of George Washington, 270–272, 340, 342, 360, 382, 383, 390, 392, 394–403
literary debut of, 19–23
literary reputation of, 268, 275–276, 408
as lobbyist for family business, 105–110, 115
Mahomet, 280–281, 388
Matilda Hoffman and, 75, 83–89, 139, 209
military career of, 121–125
as minister of Spain, 342–343, 344–379
Oliver Goldsmith, 387–388
patriotism of, 119–120, 121, 244, 316
political views of, 65, 301, 330
pseudonyms of, 19–20, 25, 59, 92, 178, 190–191, 258–259, 272, 296–297, 317
reaction of, to negative reviews, 222–224, 226
relationship between father and, 2–3
return of, to U.S., 50, 290–300, 380–381
“Rip Van Winkle,” 169, 178, 190, 298
The Sketch Book, 176–195, 387, 409
Tales of a Traveller, 219–223
A Tour on the Prairies, 316–319, 325–327
Western frontier trip by, 300–307
Wolfert's Roost, 396–397
Irving, William (father), 1–3, 8
death of, 73–74, 201
disapproval of, 13
as disciplinarian, 10
disposition of, 2
political views of, 4
relationship between Washington and, 2–3
Irving, William Jr. (brother), 3, 13, 14, 28, 42, 53, 136
aid to Irving by, 171–173
business deals of Peter and, 193
death of, 199–200, 201
political career of, 120, 123, 163, 165
relationship between Irving and, 174, 199
Isabella II (queen), 349–352, 355–356, 358–359, 363–364, 365, 369, 373, 378
Italy, 34–44
Jackson, Andrew, 257, 262–265, 269, 272, 276, 296, 307–312
Jay, John, 5
Jefferson, Thomas, 12, 18, 25, 61, 96–97
Jeffrey, Francis, 155, 204–205
“John Bull” (Irving), 187
Johnson, Samuel, 6
Johnstown, New York, 15–16, 17–18, 80–81
Kemble, Charles, 216, 218
Kemble, Gouverneur, 53, 54–56, 75, 111, 273, 298, 336, 403–404, 406
Kemble, John, 153
Kemble, Peter Jr., 53, 75–76, 111
Kennedy, John Pendleton, 310, 392, 394
Kent, James, 18, 293
Key, Francis Scott, 122–123
Kilmaster, Ann, 1, 5
Knickerbocker, Diedrich (pseudonym), 92–94, 98, 100, 190–191, 333–334, 386
Knickerbocker, Herman, 108
Knickerbocker Magazine, 333–334, 336, 338
Lads of Kilkenny, 53–56, 75–76, 111
Lady of the Lake (Scott), 157
La Jeunesse de duc Richelieu (Duval), 216
land speculation, 320, 323, 324–325, 329–330, 345
Latrobe, Benjamin, 108, 300, 304
Latrobe, Charles, 298
law career, 12–14, 16–17, 56–57, 84
Lay of the Last Minstrel (Scott), 157
Lea & Blanchard. See Carey, Lea &Carey
Lea & Carey. See Carey, Lea & Carey
Lea, Carey & Blanchard. See Carey,Lea & Carey
“Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The” (Irving), 187–188, 190
legends, local, 15–16
Legends of the Conquest of Spain (Irving), 320–321
Leggett, William, 325–327
Leo (pope), 236
Leslie, Charles, 131, 170, 194, 198–199, 234, 245
Lewis, Meriwether, 301
Lewis, Morgan, 25
Life and Voyages of Christopher
Columbus (Irving), 256
abridged version of, 255, 275
errors in, 248
plagiarism charge and, 357–358
publication of, 245–248
reception of, 248–250
writing of, 236–242, 244–245
Life of Byron (Moore), 267–268
Life of George Washington (Irving), 270–272, 340, 342, 360, 382, 383, 390, 392, 394–403
literary criticism, 118
literary debut, 19–23
literary reputation, 268, 275–276, 408
literary tastes, 6–7
“Little Man in Black, The” (Irving), 76
Liverpool, 127–132, 143–144, 163
Livingston, Edward, 276
Livingston, Henry Brockholst, 16
Livingston, Jasper, 365, 368, 370, 373
Livius, John, 207–209
Lockhart, Anne, 278
Lockhart, John G., 222, 278, 279, 319, 321
Lockhart, Sophia, 278
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